ócáid

Irish

Etymology

From Latin occāsiō, altered after other loanwords ending in -áid (e.g. oibleagáid, comparáid), which comes from Latin -ātiō.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /oːˈkɑːdʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈoːkɑːdʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːkædʲ/

Noun

ócáid f (genitive singular ócáide, nominative plural ócáidí)

1. occasion; particular time, special event
2. particular happening, incident
3. circumstance providing cause or excuse
4. need arising from particular circumstance
5. use, purpose

Declension

Declension of ócáid

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ócáid ócáidí Vocative a ócáid a ócáidí Genitive ócáide ócáidí Dative ócáid ócáidí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ócáid na hócáidí Genitive na hócáide na n-ócáidí Dative leis an ócáid don ócáid leis na hócáidí

Derived terms

• ócáideach
• ócáidí
• ócáidigh

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ócáid	n-ócáid	hócáid	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “ócáid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ócáid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ócáid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 524
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ócáid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN